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Bhopal: Twenty-Five Years Later, Hundreds of New Victims Born Each Year
Nida, 17 months old Bhopali girl with a congenital birth defect. Photograph: Money Sharma/EPA.Poisoned legacyBy Billy Briggs / July 12, 2009 The Hiroshima of the chemical industry is still claiming victims – babies born 25 years later with serious birth … Continue reading
The Spirit of Humanity: An Interview with Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia McKinney is a former US Representative who served from 1993-2003 and from 2005-2008 . She was the 2008 Green Party presidential nominee and has been an active member of the Free Gaza Movement. In 2004, The Backbone Campaign awarded … Continue reading
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Tagged Crimes Against Humanity, Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian Blockade
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Singin’ on Sunday – Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan – Handful of Earth From a 1983 BBC Spectrum Documentary. Dedicated to all the workers out there. Thanks to Erich Seifert / The Rag Blog
Woodstock: The Memories Live On for These Two
Love It: Everyone quoted in the story sounds like they’re still trippin’! Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog Iconic Woodstock Couple Keeps Festival Spirit Alive By Adam Horne / July 11, 2009 Forty years after the legendary festival in Bethel, … Continue reading
Evidence of War Crimes in Afghanistan Coming to Light
Juan Cole says it as well as it can be said: “I can tell by various web metrics that you guys are not interested in the Afghanistan story. You should be and I am going to parse it today anyway. … Continue reading
Loving: The Four Horsemen of Agriculture
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Scott Ritter on ‘Victory’ in Iraq
Iraqi national police stand guard at a checkpoint in central Baghdad two days before U.S. troops withdraw from the city, as a sandstorm blankets Iraq’s capital. Photo: Hadi Mizban/AP.So This Is What Victory Looks Like?By Scott Ritter / July 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Middle East, U.S. Military
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Another Good Reason to Ban War: Troops’ Children Suffer
Mental Health Problems Growing for Troops’ KidsJuly 7, 2009 Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war, and there was also an alarming … Continue reading
One Small Consequence of the War of Terror
Tanveer Ahmad with Shanise Farrar, his American wife, at Six Flags Great Adventure. Photo: Shanise Farrar.Piecing Together an Immigrant’s Life the U.S. Refused to SeeBy Nina Bernstein / July 5, 2009 When the 43-year-old man died in a New Jersey … Continue reading
If It Can Happen in Port Angeles, Washington, It Can Happen Anywhere, USA
July 4th demonstrator’s cry: Health care now!By Tim Wheeler / July 5, 2009 PORT ANGELES, WA. — Thousands of onlookers stood and applauded along the July 4 parade route in this paper-mill town as marchers walked by with banners demanding … Continue reading
Barack Obama’s Encouragement of Our Activism
President Obama, My Response To Your Fourth of July LetterBy Linda Milazzo / July 5, 2009 Yesterday morning I received the following letter from President Barack Obama: “Linda — This weekend, our family will join millions of others in celebrating … Continue reading
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Tagged Freedom of Expression, Political Protest, Wars of Independence
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